home teacher

British  

noun

1. a teacher who educates ill or disabled children in their homes

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Example Sentences

The columnist is not even a member of Washington's tight Mormon inner circle, though he attends services regularly and serves as "a home teacher," visiting Mormon families regularly for counseling and prayer.

From Time Magazine Archive

One peasant woman told the writer that this home teacher was a good protector for them, but did not recognize that she was their educator.

From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)

When I came home teacher read to me "The School-boy," for it is not in our print.

From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert

The home teacher should organize the women into afternoon classes for learning English and should induce them to visit the evening classes with the men.

From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)

As the colony is large, the home teacher really could not do much educational work other than to supervise the attendance of the children at school and to help disentangle family difficulties.

From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)